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In the second part of a two-part series on images of the President in film, Pat Dowell reports on how show business and politics have become intertwined. The movies treat the president's role with a high degree of symbolism...from a wise, almost divine figure during the thirties and forties, to a mythical hero and tough guy in the movies of today. Meanwhile, the real executive office has learned how to use the tricks of Hollywood to its advantage.

The White House released the President's Daily Brief from August 6, 2001 Saturday night. The document, titled "Bin Laden Determined To Strike in U.S.," contains information about possible airline hijackings and al Qaeda sleeper cells in the United States. The Sept. 11 commission members have been pressing the Bush administration for its release. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports on Joseph Kabila, new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo and son of recently assassinated president Laurent Kabila. Doubts about Kabila's legitimacy and his ability to lead are widespread in war-torn Congo.

Reporter Alice Furlaud, Radcliffe class of '51, visits her old haunts in Cambridge as Harvard is poised to select a new president.

There's no confusion in Mexico about who its next president will be. Vincente Fox is inaugurated today. N-P-R's Gerry Hadden reports.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Austin, Texas on George W. Bush's first full day as president elect. He and his aides are working to assemble a cabinet and a White House staff.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Francisco Cox, Professor of Constitutional and International Law at the University of Santiago in Chile about the homicide and kidnapping charges brought by a judge in Chile against former President Augusto Pinochet.

The BBC's Clive Myree reports on a the inpeachment proceedings against Philippines' President Joseph Estrada. Estrada denies the allegations that he's taken millions in various payoffs.

James A. Garfield emerged as the surprise Republican nominee in 1880. He won the presidency, but was only in office for six months.

Philippine President Joseph Estrada has been impeached on charges that he received millions of dollars in illegal payoffs. NPR's Eric Weiner reports that articles of impeachment will be sent to the Senate for a trial to determine whether Estrada should be removed from office.